Dezhou

The world’s largest solar-powered building has been unveiled in Dezhou, Shangdong Province in northwest China.

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Dezhou, he said, "will be a new center of gravity for renewable technologies."

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

Dezhou has moved far more than most Chinese cities toward solar energy.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

In Dezhou last year, municipal authorities spent more than $10 million to install solar lighting along miles of road.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

"We used to go to bed covered in dust," recalled Wang Fang, a former village resident who lives in a six-story Dezhou apartment block.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

In Dezhou last year, municipal authorities spent more than $10 million to install solar lighting along miles of road.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

Across China, villages are being turned into pollution-belching industrial zones, but nature's retreat on the outskirts of Dezhou boasts a paradoxical purpose -- protecting nature.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

Huang acknowledged that, so far, solar energy is "a drop in the ocean," but he said that Dezhou offers a model for the future.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

Dezhou has moved far more than most Chinese cities toward solar energy.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010

Huang acknowledged that, so far, solar energy is "a drop in the ocean," but he said that Dezhou offers a model for the future.

With Solar Valley project, China embarks on bold green technology mission 2010